Crib attachment for bedsteads.



L. H. WILLIAMSON.-

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.30, I912.

Patented July 20, 19.15.

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LESTER I-I. WILLIAMSON, 0F LARNED, KANSAS.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS'IEADS.

Application filed December 30, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESTER H. WILLIAM- soN, citizen of the United States, residing at Larned, in the county of Pawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crib Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in crib attachments for bedsteads, and the invention aims to provide an attachment of this class of such nature that the crib may be supported beside the bed for swinging movement and may be readily swung with a short arm motion by a person lying within the bed.

The invention also aims to so construct the support for the crib that the crib may be supported for swinging movement beside the bedstead or may be supported in a stationary manner beside the bedstead as may be desired.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment embodying thcpresent invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, illustrating the manner of mounting the supports for the crib.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the bedstead which may be of any suitable or ordinary construction. Supported in any suitable mannerby the bedstead and projecting laterally therefrom are spaced supporting rails 11 upon which are mounted the supporting members for the crib, as will now be explained. Each of the supporting members mentioned above includes a crank portion 12 fitted, as at 13, for oscillatory movement through the rails 11. Each of the crank members includes an arm 14 which is relatively short and a longer arm 16. By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be observed that a pair of the supporting crank members is mounted upon each of the rails 11, and, in order that the members may be connected for rocking movement in unison, a bar 15 is pivotally'connected at its ends to the ends of the shorter crank arms 14:. The body of the crib is indicated in general by the numeral 17 and the ends of the longer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915. Serial No. 739,423.

arms 16 are pivoted to said body near the lower corners of its ends.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that inasmuch as the arms 1 1 are relatively short, as compared with the arms 16, a person lying in the bed, beside which the crib is mounted, may, with a short arm motion, impart swinging movement to the crank supporting members, and consequently, to the crib, it being understood that the crib may be positioned, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and that it is also capable of being moved to and supported in the position shown in Fig. 1. In this latter position, the crib at one side rests against the side rail of the bedstead and the crib is therefore supported in a stationary manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a crib attachment for bedsteads, spaced supports, crank members mounted for swinging movement upon each support and each having a long arm lying inwardly of the respective support and a short arm lying outwardly beyond the respective support, a crib supported between the long arms of the crank members, and a link connecting the short arms of the crank members upon each support and constituting a means whereby rocking movement may be imparted to the crank members simultaneously and in unison.

2. In a crib attachment for bedsteads, spaced supports, crank members mounted for swinging movement upon each support and each having a long arm, a crib supported between the said arms for swinging movement, the crank members upon one of the supports each having a relatively short arm, and a link connecting the short arms of the said crank members and located at that side of the respective support opposite the side at which the long arms are located and constituting means whereby rocking movement may be imparted to the crank members simultaneously and in unison.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESTER H. WILLIAMSON. a s.]

Witnesses:

H. E. SMITH, D. G. TICKELL.

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Washington, D. 0. 

